Tracy High academic decathlon team goes for state title

Here's a sample question from the Russian-themed Super Quiz: What was the motivation behind the choice of a site for the monument to Peter the Great in St. Petersburg?

a. aesthetic

b. religious

c. economic

d. political

You'll find the answer below.

Students from Tracy High School were the overall champions and finished first in the large-school division Saturday, receiving the Dave Sorgent Winner's Cup. They will compete next month in the Academic Decathlon State Championship in Sacramento. It was the third year in a row Tracy won the overall county championship.

Middle College High, a Lodi Unified school on the San Joaquin Delta College campus, finished first in the small-school division.

The 32nd annual Academic Decathlon was held at two Stockton locations: University of the Pacific and the Scottish Rite Auditorium. Eleven teams from San Joaquin County and one from Santa Clara County took part.

The competition included essays, interviews, speeches and tests in art, economics, language/literature, math, music, social science and science. It is capped with the Super Quiz.

Each team had nine members at three academic levels: honors (3.75-4.0 grade point average), scholastic (3.0-3.74) and varsity (0.00-2.99). The results:

The monument is in Senate Square, formerly the Decembrists Square. Catherine the Great, a German princess who married into the Romanov line, was anxious to connect herself to Peter the Great to gain legitimacy.

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